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It should be possible to create a non-canonical Vector implementation that wraps Cells directly in a Java Array. Objectives: - Lightweight, better performance for short-lived CVM vectors and less GC...

mikera

It might be sensible to switch to UTF-8 Encoding for String values Advantages: - Will typically save some bytes vs. UTF-16, since ASCII characters fit in one byte - UTF-8...

mikera

Mutability with `set!` is counterintuitive with closures

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Coming from Clojure, altering a `let` binding looked kind of wrong but it is certainly beginner-friendly for people unfamiliar with immutability. Furthermore, Clojure does have some mechanisms for cheap mutability...

helins

Unexpected Error: `blob` with odd-length hexstring

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Calling `blob` with a hexstring of odd length results in a fatal error and breaks the executing account. 

helins

`merge` does not support blob-maps

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Complains that a blob-map cannot be cast to a hash-map: ```clojure (merge (blob-map) (blob-map)) ```

helins

On fixing expanders

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This is a place for documenting failing cases related to expanders. Taken from the docstring of `defexpander`: ```clojure (defexpander expand-once [x e] (e x (fn [x e] x))) (expand 42...

helins

Improve error: `recur` without recursion point

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Currently produces this error which is not very informative: ```clojure (recur 42) ;; ERROR (RECUR) ;; Recur: ```

helins

when-let() and if-let() in convex-scrypt causes fatal error

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**when-let** and **if-let** return Fatal errors java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException when called with no parameters ``` _transaction_submit: FATAL java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: -1 at convex.core.data.VectorLeaf.get(VectorLeaf.java:181) at convex.core.data.List.get(List.java:80) at convex.core.data.ASequence.get(ASequence.java:91) at convex.core.lang.Compiler.compileLet(Compiler.java:380) at convex.core.lang.Compiler.compileList(Compiler.java:355) at convex.core.lang.Compiler.compileCell(Compiler.java:135)...

billbsing

ServerPeer processing MISSING_DATA: convex.api.convex acquire method fails on first time call to a peer.

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I found that when I call the `acquire` method to get the current state, the call will always fail on first time call to a peer. This is because the...

billbsing

_() returns a value of 1 in convex-scrypt

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The `_` underscore is translated to a `*` before being submitted to the CVM, so it is the same as `*()`

billbsing